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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
257 PM EDT THU MAY 7 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHARLESTON HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHARLESTON HARBOR...
COASTAL WATERS FROM SOUTH SANTEE RIVER TO EDISTO BEACH SC OUT 20
NM...
* UNTIL 400 PM EDT.
* AT 257 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM
15 NM NORTH OF BULLS BAY TO 15 NM WEST OF STONO INSHORE REEF,
MOVING EAST AT 50 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS TO 34 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...SMALL CRAFT COULD BE DAMAGED IN BRIEFLY HIGHER WINDS AND
SUDDENLY HIGHER WAVES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BULL BREAKERS, JIMMY LELAND TUG, CAPERS REEF, BULLS BAY, CAPERS
ISLAND BUOY, RATTLESNAKE SHOAL, CHARLESTON NEARSHORE REEF,
CHARLESTON COASTAL ANGLERS, AIR FORCE REEF, JOE SHUFORD REEF,
CHARLESTON HARBOR ENTRANCE, CRAB BANK, HECTOR REEF, CASTLE PINKNEY
AND CAPE ROMAIN REEF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THESE STORMS PASS.
WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING, AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LAT...LON 3270 7991 3278 7999 3284 7993 3285 7990
3279 7984 3283 7974 3287 7972 3291 7964
3297 7965 3306 7958 3305 7941 3310 7940
3314 7929 3314 7927 3312 7927 3296 7894
3273 7917 3267 7934 3253 7955 3263 8004
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 273DEG 50KT 3322 7952 3299 7982 3274 8028
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...34 KTS
APT
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